The talk leading into Thursday's Rule 5 Draft was that the San Diego Padres, with just 33 players on their 40-man roster and having taken four players in last year's Major League phase, would be active again. That turned out to be true, albeit not in the conventional sense.
More»Callis, Mayo recap the 2016 Rule 5 Draft

Each year, the Winter Meetings conclude with the Rule 5 Draft, a bit of a footnote, but one that always produces big league talent. This year's Draft takes place today, and the Twins will have the chance to make the No. 1 overall pick.
More»Jonathan Mayo previews Rule 5 Draft

In a span of slightly more than 24 hours, the White Sox have pulled off a renovation that would make the producers of "Extreme Makeover" extremely jealous. The organization has added four players currently in the Top 40 among all prospects in the game, thanks to the Adam Eaton and Chris Sale deals, and now has six new members on its own Top 10 list.
More»Breaking down the prospects heading to the White Sox

Seeing a need to serve elite-level high school amateur baseball players, USA Baseball and Major League Baseball announced the creation of the Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP), an official means for high school-age amateur baseball players in the United States to be seen by all 30 MLB clubs.
More»MLB's Chris Marinak on Prospect Development Pipeline

As part of MLBPipeline.com's coverage of all things prospect and the AFL in particular, a group of five experts was assembled to discuss a quintet of up-and-coming stars. Each prospect has lofty expectations and an argument can be made for all of them to have the brightest futures. Those arguments were hashed out in "The Next Big Leaguers."
More»Which top prospects will be the Next Big Leaguers?

The 2016 Winter Meetings officially begins in a week. While what happens in terms of free agent signings or trades remains a mystery, there is at least one certainty: The four-day event concludes with the annual Rule 5 Draft on Thursday morning in National Harbor, Maryland.
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Many players had what could be considered breakout AFL campaigns. Here's a group of 10 of the best. There might be some crossover with the Top 20 prospects list coming on Tuesday, but it's largely a group of names everyone should get to know a bit better based on how they played this fall.
More»Arizona Fall League's breakout stars

It's the 25th anniversary of the Arizona Fall League and as is often the case any time a momentous time marker like that comes around, people like to talk big picture. For a silver anniversary, it seems fitting to look at who the best players to have played in the AFL have been.
More»Mayo, Magrane on Fall League's 25th Anniversary team

The Salt River Rafters had coughed up a 6-2 lead against the Surprise Saguaros on Friday afternoon. They only play 11 innings in the Arizona Fall League, so the Rafters had to make sure to get something done quickly. They did just that, using a Ryan McMahon single in the 10th to regain the lead and walk away with a 7-6 victory on the road.
More»Rockies prospect McMahon on Fall League, Double-A

For the past 25 years, the Arizona Fall League has been a place to see some of the best up-and-coming talent around baseball. For the past decade -- edition No. 11 arrives on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET -- that talent has been funneled onto one field in the Fall Stars Game.
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